Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery, Sewing and Knitting
Posted in Knitting, Sock Knitting on Aug 9th, 2011
I finished the socks! I’m going to have a bit of a break from sock knitting because I want to knit something else – I’m going to use my 12 ply yarn from here. On a completely different note what is the difference between SSK and K2tog tbl?
Posted in Knitting, Sock Knitting, Yarn Stash on Jul 26th, 2011
Oh dear! A pair of socks a month has completely fallen by the wayside. I have finished one sock and I’m about a quarter of the way through the other! I’ve been watching North and South while knitting – what a fantastic adaptation) On a completely different topic I did buy some lovely Alpaca yarn while [...]
Posted in Knitting, Sock Knitting on Jun 17th, 2011
I’m sure this is a knitting rite of passage, but I’ve ripped my sock and I’m starting again with something simpler. It’s going to be a plain vanilla sock as described here.
Posted in Knitting, miscellaneous, Sock Knitting on Jun 13th, 2011
I’ve been slowly making progress on my May sock – I’ve actually turned the heel and am now working on the foot (it was just too dark to take a photo). I think it was an error to choose this sock pattern. Although, it is easier than my March/April sock , it still requires a [...]
Posted in Knitting, Sock Knitting on May 26th, 2011
My May sock is coming together quite quickly (well compared to the March and April sock). The pattern is very easy to remember and as there is no purl stitches it moves along quite quickly.
Posted in Knitting on May 12th, 2011
I finished my scarf! The exclamation mark is well-deserved. I’ve been working on this scarf since July 2009! It’s a Jo Sharp pattern (Long Ridged Scarf) and I used Jo Sharp DK wool in Ink.
Posted in Knitting, Sock Knitting on May 9th, 2011
I finished my March (and April) socks! Original mention here. I’m happy with how they’ve turned out. I like the fact that the toe decrease it a bit less than usual – I grafted 32 stitches when normally I do 16 stitches, which makes for pointy toes! I would, however, make the leg section a [...]
Posted in Knitting, Sock Knitting on May 5th, 2011
This is my March sock – first mentioned here – from the above image you can see that one sock is completely finished. With the second sock I’ve turned the heel and I’m decreasing down to the foot. I’ve really struggled with this pattern. In fact I kept having to fudge the pattern after row [...]
Posted in Knitting, Sock Knitting on Jan 31st, 2011
I finished my January sock. Having a schedule worked well for me. It kept me focussed and I didn’t feel overwhelmed by the amount still to be done because I just had to finish the work set for today rather than the entire sock. This sock has a 2×2 rib cuff, diamond seed pattern leg [...]
Posted in Knitting, Sock Knitting on Jan 19th, 2011
I finished my sock! Now I just have to finish the next one …